Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,716, Benjamin Gammon, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
★ Gammon, Benjamin or Gammons.
NUMBER _____
S. 32.716.
CONTENTS

32716 Rev INVALID.
Rev
File No. 32,716
Benjamin Sammon
His Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 150
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Benjamin Gammon
Plymouth
11 th 1818 - private No col stated - M st line .80 - all.83 Wanted evidence of service
One year (1776) in Bailey's soft M st line
Adm c 1817

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Plymouth
ss.
On this 11 th day of April A.D. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Benjamin Gammons of Plymouth aged  years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
/See his said Declaration enclosed/
(I now return this case with a supplement to the declaration, and proof of service during the year 1776. which I have no doubt is correct. The claimant is reputed a very honest man and the witnesses are credible. N. Mitchell (Judge)

And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Benjamin Garrison did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, in the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. & that he is poor and needs the assistance of his country for support.
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above certificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

Benjamin Gammon.
[Handwritten signature: B. Gammon]
8521
Sep 1849

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Plymouth ss.
commanded by Capt. Shurton in the Massachusetts line but cannot now recollect the Regt or the name of the Col. was in this company at the close of the war.
On this 10th day of July 1820, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for the said County Benjamin Gammons aged 72 years, resident in Weymouth in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of 12 months in open service in the company commanded by John B. Thomas in Col. Bailey's Regt. Massachusetts line. Afterward, served 1 year & 3 months in the company and that he has received a pension certificate dated 26. March 1819. and numbered 8521 in pursuance of his original Declaration made 11th April 1818 and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 28th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Value $6.00
I am a day labourer but too old & infirm to do much work I have no family I have nothing due to me now some small debts amounting to about $13. I have 4 chairs crooking iron ware & table. Shovel & tongs - water pail - &c.
Benjamin Gammons
Sworn to, and declared, on the 10th day of July A D 1820 before Nahum Mitchell Justice of said Court
I, John B Thomas clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Six dollars and cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Twenty ninth day of Decr. A D 1820
$6.00
John B Thomas Clerk of the Court for the County of Plymouth

Benjamin Gammons Plymouth
I the said Benjamin Gammons do further set forth and declare that I enlisted and served during the first year's enlistment in Capt. John Bridgham's Company & Col. John Bailey's Regiment in the Massachusetts line & continental establishment. I served faithfully from January 1776 to Jan'y. 1777. and was honorably discharged at New York. I should have included  added this in my first declaration but it was said it was unnecessary to relate every enlistment, and I depended on my longest term of service, which was the last 3 years - but I cannot now find witnesses to prove my 3 years service. I hoped it would have been found on the rolls. — Benjamin his Gammons mark
I hereby certify that the within is a true copy of the original Regimental muster roll. Sworn to before me
Nahum Mitchell Judge

Houdin or Huden, a Frenchman
I Benjamin Gamman of Plymouthe Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a cit- izen of the United States I now reside therein set forth and declare that I was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution in the continental estab- lishment for more than nine months, that I from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my Country for support and therefore am desirous of obtaining a pension of the United States agreeably to a late law of Congress of the 18th March last and do relinquish all claim to any former pension (if any) here- tofore granted me by any law of Congress That I enlisted as a soldier in the Continen- tal Army about the year 1780 was or- dered to Boston where I passed muster & was then sent to West Point and enrolled in Captain Hudangs Company * under whose I served till the end of the war in 1783. I had an honorable discharge at the end of war which I have long since lost. None of my officers are living to my knowledge and there are no soldiers living who served with me whose af- fidavits I can procure. All the above services were in the Massachusetts Line
H. Benjamin his X Gamman mark
Sworn to April 11. 1818.
11 * The 5th Mass. Regt commanded by col Rufus Putnam.

2 Benjamin Gammon
Benj a Gammon (Deposition)

We the Subscribers William Cornish of Middlebury and Bela Lucas of Plymouth both in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that we were soldiers in the Army of the revolution in Capt John Bridgman's Company & Colonel John Baily's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line. in the Year 1776 and served one year complete
And that Benjamin Gannett of Plymouth was a soldier in the same Army. same Company & Regiment. and served one year before he was discharged we did duty together. and returned home together
Plymouth Aug. 13. 1818
Bela Lucas William Cornish
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss - On this thirteenth day of August in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred & eighteen Then the aforesaid deponents Lucas & Cornish personally appeared, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing depositions by them Subscribed,
I hereby certify that the aforesaid Deponents are men to be relied on for truth and veracity
Plymouth ss March 5. 1819
Nathaniel Goodwin Justice of the Peace
The above named Bela Lucas & Wm Cornish are both credible witnesses and the said Good- win is a respectable Magistrate in this county and the foregoing is his true & genuine hand writing & signature
Nahum Mitchell: Judge see

This Deposition of the claimants' service was procured last summer before his claim was forwarded but as it did not apply to his declaration, as it then stood, it was not forwarded with the papers. It was known at that time by information rec d from the war office, that the rolls for 1776 were not pre- served, but it was not known that those of the last 3 years service were likewise missing; it was presumed they were in the war office; and therefore as in that case no testimony besides the rolls would be necessary the Claimant omitted to state his years service in his declaration, believing the 3 years service would be sufficient and insure his pension; but now, it appearing that proof by witnesses is necessary to establish his 3 years service, and not being able to procure them, he is compelled to resort to his years service in 1776, which he can prove. He is 70 years old and considered as a very honest man
Nahum Mitchell Judge

8521
Massachusetts
Benjamin Gammon
of Plymouth in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of Mar 1819 and sent to Nahum Mitchell Esq. Plymouth Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 10 mos 7/8 1/2 86 36
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 6 Sep: 1819 — 48 ,,
$134 36
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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